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Madeline Louise Reilly1,2, Alexandre Benmerah1

  • 1Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, INSERM UMR 1163, Paris Descartes University, Imagine Institute, Paris, 75015, France.

Biology of the Cell
|February 6, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
Cellular motorsCentrosomeCiliaDiseasesKinesinMicrotubule

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